Doug from NS
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- Apr 21, 2019
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There is an old road not far from where I live that I have found many interesting finds. There was one section that I have not done until about 3 weeks ago. The first time in I was driven out, bloody, by the worst swarm of mosquitos that I have seen in years. In my 10 minutes there, however, I found an 1861 Nova Scotia 1 cent, so I knew it was a good area.
My son and I have returned a couple of times now and this is what we have so far:
We are really pleased with everything but the star is the 1918 Burlington Watch Co of Chicago pocket watch. The case is gold filled but it has a nice 21 jewel movement that amazingly is still free. We even got it to tick a bit. It had slipped down between some rocks in a stone wall but was above ground and upside down so water did not get inside in spite of the broken crystal. I think it would be easy to get it running.
The copper piece beside the watch in the first picture is also a watch back, I believe, as it is marked Geneva, there is also script, that is very faint that I have been trying to read. I expect it is the owners name.
Not far from the watch we found a number of interesting coins:
An Essequibo & Demerary 1/2 Stiver from 1813. This later became British Guiana on the northern coast of South America. I did not realize that these circulated here, but as there was a shortage of small change at that time and our close trade ties with the Caribbean I guess it is not surprising.
It is interesting how the acid soils up here can eat away coins to just leave an outline
We also found an Indian Head that is absolutely roasted but did leave us the scarce date of 1867.
We also got 1861 & 1864 Nova Scotia 1 Cents, a 1916 Canada 1 cent, and an 1894 Canada One Cent. This is the scarcer crude 4 variety. It seems that for some reason if a coin has a scare variety, that's what we find, but they are always toasted.
Silver always lasts better than copper in the soils around here and the 1902 Edward 5 cent silver that my son found is in beautiful shape.
We also got two nice crotal bells and what is perhaps a pipe tamper?
Also a copper pierced vine and grape dish that was once silver plated and an old lock that I will clean up at some point.
Other finds of the last couple of weeks include a really nice button with a hunting dog that I found at our camp. The back is marked Extra Superb and would date to the 1830's - 1850's
I took the dog out yesterday at another site along a road out in the middle of nowhere and only got about 100 feet before I was called away (dam phones) but managed to find a 1911 10 cent piece and a flattened round ball before I left. I'll be back
My son and I have returned a couple of times now and this is what we have so far:
We are really pleased with everything but the star is the 1918 Burlington Watch Co of Chicago pocket watch. The case is gold filled but it has a nice 21 jewel movement that amazingly is still free. We even got it to tick a bit. It had slipped down between some rocks in a stone wall but was above ground and upside down so water did not get inside in spite of the broken crystal. I think it would be easy to get it running.
The copper piece beside the watch in the first picture is also a watch back, I believe, as it is marked Geneva, there is also script, that is very faint that I have been trying to read. I expect it is the owners name.
Not far from the watch we found a number of interesting coins:
An Essequibo & Demerary 1/2 Stiver from 1813. This later became British Guiana on the northern coast of South America. I did not realize that these circulated here, but as there was a shortage of small change at that time and our close trade ties with the Caribbean I guess it is not surprising.
It is interesting how the acid soils up here can eat away coins to just leave an outline
We also found an Indian Head that is absolutely roasted but did leave us the scarce date of 1867.
We also got 1861 & 1864 Nova Scotia 1 Cents, a 1916 Canada 1 cent, and an 1894 Canada One Cent. This is the scarcer crude 4 variety. It seems that for some reason if a coin has a scare variety, that's what we find, but they are always toasted.
Silver always lasts better than copper in the soils around here and the 1902 Edward 5 cent silver that my son found is in beautiful shape.
We also got two nice crotal bells and what is perhaps a pipe tamper?
Also a copper pierced vine and grape dish that was once silver plated and an old lock that I will clean up at some point.
Other finds of the last couple of weeks include a really nice button with a hunting dog that I found at our camp. The back is marked Extra Superb and would date to the 1830's - 1850's
I took the dog out yesterday at another site along a road out in the middle of nowhere and only got about 100 feet before I was called away (dam phones) but managed to find a 1911 10 cent piece and a flattened round ball before I left. I'll be back
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